man/bootctl.xml

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<refentry id="bootctl" conditional='ENABLE_EFI'
          xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">

        <refentryinfo>
                <title>bootctl</title>
                <productname>systemd</productname>

                <authorgroup>
                        <author>
                                <contrib>Developer</contrib>
                                <firstname>Kay</firstname>
                                <surname>Sievers</surname>
                                <email>kay@vrfy.org</email>
                        </author>
                </authorgroup>
        </refentryinfo>

        <refmeta>
                <refentrytitle>bootctl</refentrytitle>
                <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
        </refmeta>

        <refnamediv>
                <refname>bootctl</refname>
                <refpurpose>Control the firmware and boot manager settings</refpurpose>
        </refnamediv>

        <refsynopsisdiv>
                <cmdsynopsis>
                        <command>bootctl</command>
                        <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
                        <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
                </cmdsynopsis>
        </refsynopsisdiv>

        <refsect1>
                <title>Description</title>

                <para><command>bootctl</command> may be used to
                query or (in the future) change the firmware and boot
                manager settings.</para>

                <para>Firmware information is available only on EFI
                systems.</para>

                <para>Currently, only the <citerefentry project='gummiboot'><refentrytitle>gummiboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> boot
                manager implements the required boot loader interface
                to provide complete boot manager information.</para>
        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
                <title>Options</title>

                <para>The following options are understood:</para>

                <variablelist>
                        <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
                        <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
                </variablelist>

                <para>The following commands are understood:</para>

                <variablelist>
                        <varlistentry>
                                <term><command>status</command></term>

                                <listitem><para>Show firmware and boot
                                manager information about the system,
                                including secure boot mode status and
                                selected firmware entry (where
                                available).</para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>
                </variablelist>

        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
                <title>Exit status</title>

                <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
                code otherwise.</para>
        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
                <title>See Also</title>
                <para>
                        <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/BootLoaderInterface">Boot loader interface</ulink>,
                        <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec">Boot loader specification</ulink>,
                        <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/gummiboot/">gummiboot</ulink>
                </para>
        </refsect1>

</refentry>